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The Moorabool River is a river in Victoria, Australia, which runs for 160 kilometres [1] through several small towns such as Meredith, Anakie, and Staughton Vale. It runs into the Barwon River at Fyansford. It is believed that the name Moorabool derives from an Aboriginal word meaning the cry of a curlew or a ghost. [2]
Moorabool contains a number of heritage listed sites, including: Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Cowies Creek Rail Bridge No. 2 [3] 275 Ballan Road, Moorabool railway station [4] Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Moorabool River Railway Viaduct [5]
It rises in wetlands in Moorabool and debouches at Corio Quay, Corio Bay. After 1909, the Geelong Harbour Trust excavated the mouth of Cowies Creek to create Corio Quay. After 1909, the Geelong Harbour Trust excavated the mouth of Cowies Creek to create Corio Quay.
The town is located in the Shire of Moorabool and on the Geelong-Ballarat railway line, 108 kilometres (67 mi) west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2016 census, Lal Lal and the surrounding area had a population of 476. [1] Lal Lal Falls and the Lal Lal Reservoir on the Moorabool River are to the north-east and east of the town. [2] [3]
Millbrook is a locality in the state of Victoria, Australia, located 90 kilometres (56 mi) north west of Melbourne.It was formerly called "Moorabool" but the name was changed to avoid confusion with a locality near Geelong.
The Shire of Moorabool is a local government area in Victoria, Australia, located in the western part of the state. It covers an area of 2,111 square kilometres (815 sq mi) and, in June 2018, had a population of 34,158. [ 1 ]
56 Buchter Road, Laurence Park Homestead [4] Midland Highway, Moorabool River Bridge [5] Geelong-Ballarat railway line, Moorabool River Railway Viaduct [6] 750 Midland Highway, Travellers Rest Inn 1849
Bell Post Hill is a residential suburb of Geelong, Victoria, Australia.At the 2016 census, Bell Post had a population of 4,919. [1]The origin of the suburb's name is thought to be from a lookout or warning bell on a post or forked tree situated on the hill overlooking Corio Bay and the Moorabool river known as Morongo estate.